Q&A with the Winners: Rahma Utami & Noor Muhammad

In this Q&A, Rahma Utami & Noor Muhammad talk about their team’s solution — “Ba11y, Crowdsource a11y reporting platform” — which won Best Overall Concept, sponsored by Microsoft in the 2021 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. BA11Y is an accessibility reporting platform designed to enable people with disabilities to report accessibility issues they face while using websites, web […]

Winner Presentation: David Johnson

This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. David Johnson presents his team’s project, Empowering Digital Participation and Affordable Access through the iNethi Platform, which offers a flexible and powerful interface to empower communities to leverage wireless communications to share content and services. iNethi empowers wider digital participation, fosters recognition of local […]

Q&A with the Winners: David Johnson

In this Q&A, David Johnson talks about his team’s solution — “Empowering Digital Participation and Affordable Access Through the iNethi Platform” — which won 1st Place, Community Enablement Proof of Concept in the 2021 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. iNethi (ʻnethiʼ translates to ʻnetworkʼ in isiXhosa) provides an open source community-based services and content sharing platform to take […]

Winner Presentation: Ritu Srivastava & Omar Pervez

This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Ritu Srivastava & Omar Pervez present their team’s project, Community Radio Bolo which is a cost-effective wireless-network hybrid model (online and offline mesh network) specifically designed for community radio stations where broadband internet is either not available or scarcely accessible. Their solution was awarded […]

Q&A with the Winners: Ritu Srivastava

In this Q&A, Ritu Srivastava talks about her team’s solution — “Community Radio Bolo: An IVR Enabled Online-Offline Wireless Mesh Network enabling local D2C communication for SHGs in rural Orissa” — which won 1st Place, Technology Application Concept in the 2022 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1. Please summarize your winning solution CR Bolo, an initiative of Jadeite […]

Winner Presentation: Soledad Mills

This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Soledad Mills presents her team’s project, Internet Access in Ecuador’s Amazon, which proposes using internet connectivity to bridge the digital divide in developing countries and for the indigenous people. Their solution was awarded the 1st Place Community Enablement Concept prize. You can also read […]

Q&A with the Winners: Soledad Mills

In this Q&A, Soledad Mills talks about her team’s solution — “Internet Access in Ecuador’s Amazon” — which won 1st Place, Community Enablement Concept in the 2021 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. We use off-the-shelf equipment and standard IEEE 802.11 unlicensed band signals to create a connection between Yawi, a Shuar Indigenous community of the southern Ecuadorian Amazon, […]

Winner Presentation: Joaquin Aviles Lopez

This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Joaquin Aviles Lopez presents his team’s project, Aggregating Energy & Connectivity in Rural Africa – ICT Hub Model, which provides a solution for the prevalent Urban/Rural Connectivity Gap brought about by the lack of access to electricity. Their solution was awarded the 2nd Place Business […]

Q&A with the Winners: Joaquin Aviles Lopez

In this Q&A, Joaquin Aviles Lopez talks about his team’s solution — “Aggregating Energy & Connectivity in Rural Africa – ICT Hub Model – Case Study Nakivale, Uganda” — which won 2nd Place, Business Model Proof of Concept in the 2021 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. The Urban/Rural Connectivity Gap is still very prevalent worldwide (72% […]